Crown-piece for bridles or halters



(No Model.)

D. T. CHAMBERS.

GROWN PIECE FOR BRIDLES OR HALTERSF No. 358,541. Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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DANIEL T. CHAMBERS, OF MANSFIELD, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-THIRD TO FRANK O.SOHIFFER AND WILLIAM H. HOUPT, BOTH OF SHELBY, OHIO.

CROWN-PIECE FOR BRID LES OR HALTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,541, dated March 1,1887.

Application filed January 10,1887. Serial No 223,904. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL T. CHAMBERS, of Mansfield, in the county ofRichland and State of Ohio, have inventeda new and useful Improvement inOrownlieces for Bridles and Halters, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a crownpiece for bridles andhalters which shall connect with the cheek-strap, blinds, andthroat-latch, but which shall be stamped out of one piece of leather,thereby avoiding the expense of stitching, as well as the discomfort tothe horse caused by the lapping of two or I 5 more thicknesses ofleather at the joints.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction of the crown-piece,whereby there is attained an improved form of crownpiece and the mosteconomical cutting of the stock. In the drawings, Figure 1 representsthe plan View of the crown-piece as stamped with a die or cutter from aplain blank or side of leather. Fig. 2 shows the application of thecrown-piece to the bridle on a horses head. In the figures, A A and A Arepresent two symmetrically shaped loops having pear shaped openingswhich fit over the ears of the horse. Arranged in the same axial lineand at the opposite extremities of these loops are formed the tabs orends I) and b, which form a connection for the cheek-straps of thebridle.

7 Upon one side (the rear side) of each loop is formed a tab or end, aand a, which afford a connection for the throat-latch. Upon the frontside of the loops is formed the continu- 5 ous band B, running from loopto loop, which constitutes the brow-band of the bridle, while inside thesegment formed within the band B, and radiating from the center of thecrownpiece. are two divergent tabs or ends, G 0, 0 which connect withthe blinders ot' the bridle.

All the parts shown in Fig. l are stamped or cut out of a single pieceof leather in one operation by a correspondiugly-shaped die or cutter. 5

In fitting the crown-piece in a bridle all the parts adapt themselves totheir natural positions, the brow band B being dampened and its inneredge expanded slightly to adapt it to the proper shape.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is Thecrown-piece for a bridle or halter, con sisting of the symmetrical loopsA A, with tabs or ends a I), a b, and O O, and the browband B, extendingfrom loop to loop, substan tially as and for the purpose described.

D ANl EL '1. CHAMBERS.

Vitnesses:

SOLON G. KEMON, EDwD. W. BYRN.

